I've heard that Icelandic is very difficult to learn, because of the tricky pronunciations and spellings, and apparently the grammar is very complicated too.
Also, I am learning French, and when it comes to verbs and their different forms, I suddenly realise how complicated it must be to learn English, because in French, there are -er, -ir, and -re verbs that all behave a certain way, along with a few irregular verbs, which are more tricky. It's hard enough remembering all the irregular verbs (there aren't that many) in French, so in English, where pretty much every verb is irregular, it must be a nightmare to learn as a second language.

One thing that makes English hard is that we have so many words that have different meanings (but are the same word), and we also have so many words that mean the same thing. But I don't know if it's the hardest language because the only other languages I've tried learning are German and Spanish.

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Part of what makes English difficult is its inconsistent pronunciation. Words like "flood", "hood", and "food". This kind of thing is uncommon in the world's languages. So are words spelled the same and pronounced differently, like "bow" and "bow" or "read" and "read".

English is also complicated because it has so many irregular verbs beyond the standard irregulars (like "go" and "be"): "sing", "grow", "shine", "ride", "stick", "drink", etc.

But English has no noun cases, no subjunctive (almost), very few inflections, no tones, etc. Languages usually even out in terms of complexity. And English would seem easier to learn from someone who spoke Dutch or German, but it might be pretty hard to learn from Japanese or Yoruba.

My first language was Spanish. Its what my parents spoke.
But i dont think English is that confusing.
i find french a bit difficult. But languages closer to spanish are easier, like portuguese and italian.

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